Moorish Idol
Found in 5 fishing areas across 2 zones. Bites on 6 different baits.
Small fish
Skill cap26Fish level for skill-ups and loss chance
Rod strengthrank 9Rods with a lower max rank risk snaps and breaks
SizeSmallLarge rods lose small fish often
NPC price232–243 gilLowest to highest fame
RarityUncommon70% weight in its catch pool
Recommended setup
≈60% of casts land Moorish IdolBibiki Bay · PI - West Beach
- Ties the best odds of any spot
- 2 zones and 5 areas have this fish
Shrimp Lure
- Only Moorish Idol bites it there
- Reusable: kept after each catch
Halcyon Rod
- Never breaks here, whatever bites
- Cheaper: Hume Rod (breaks 1 in 1,000 casts); Tarutaru Rod (breaks 1 in 78 casts)
Bait that works
Odds shown for· PI - West Beach with a Halcyon Rod, fishing skill 26. Lures are kept after a catch; bait is used up.
Moorish Idol's share of fish bites at that spot Only Moorish Idol bites this bait there (100%)
BaitHook weight Chance it's Moorish Idol
3Bestbait power 3
Shrimp Lure · lure87100%
Worm Lure · lure87100%
2Goodbait power 2
Peeled Lobster8053%
Peeled Crayfish8045%
Lugworm8031%
Ball of Crayfish Paste8028%
How Phoenix calculates this
1. Each fish gets a hook weight
50 time of day / moon (fixed on Phoenix)
+ bait bonus power 3: +80 (lure +75) · 2: +65 (+60) · 1: +35 (+30)
− ¼ per skill point you're under the fish
− 0.15 per point you're over it by more than 10
− 3 large rod on a small fish · − 5 small rod on a large fish
+ 50 shellfish bait on a shellfish
× rarity, then kept between 20 and 120
+ bait bonus power 3: +80 (lure +75) · 2: +65 (+60) · 1: +35 (+30)
− ¼ per skill point you're under the fish
− 0.15 per point you're over it by more than 10
− 3 large rod on a small fish · − 5 small rod on a large fish
+ 50 shellfish bait on a shellfish
× rarity, then kept between 20 and 120
2. Odds = its weight ÷ all weightsOnly fish that accept your bait are in the running. Whether you hook a fish, junk, a monster or nothing is rolled first, from moon phase, weather and the area.
Which rod?
Safest first. When the fish bites the server rolls, in order: does it get away, does the line snap, does the rod break. A “bad feeling” warns of a snap, a “terrible feeling” of a break, but both also show up as false alarms. Assumes fishing skill 26.
| Rod | You land it | Gets away | Line snaps | Rod breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarutaru Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Glass Fiber Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Carbon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Hume Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Halcyon Rod | 100% | — | — | — |
| Lu Shang’s Rodlegendary | 100% | — | — | — |
| Fastwater Rod | 73% | — | 19% | 8% |
| Clothespole | 54% | 46% | — | — |
| Single Hook Rod | 54% | 46% | — | — |
| Mithran Rod | 54% | 46% | — | — |
| Composite Rod | 54% | 46% | — | — |
| Bamboo Rod | 50% | — | 38% | 12% |
| Willow Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
| Yew Rod | 36% | — | 55% | 9% |
Where to catch it
2 zones · 5 areas · best spots firstStars rate how often a cast lands Moorish Idol at the zone's best spot with the bait shown and the first rod: 5★ 60%+ · 4★ 50%+ · 3★ 40%+ · 2★ 30%+ · 1★ under 30%. Rods are listed safest first. Break odds count everything that can bite there, including junk items and monsters.
Bibiki BayBest: PI - West Beach≈60% of castsBaitShrimp LureRodHalcyon RodNever breaksHume RodBreaks 1 in 1,000 castsTarutaru RodBreaks 1 in 78 casts
ManaclipperDhalmel Rock≈18% of castsBaitBall of Crayfish PasteRodHume RodNever breaksCarbon RodBreaks 1 in 33 castsTarutaru RodBreaks 1 in 20 castsHalcyon also never breaks.Other fish bite every bait that works here.
Used in
1 recipe · lowest craft level firstSaltwater AquariumWoodworking (89) + Alchemy (39)
Light Crystal
- 1x Piece of Oak Lumber (4,740 gil)
- 1x Coral Fragment
- 1x Bottle of Sieglinde Putty
- 1x Glass Sheet
- 1x Saltwater Fish Set
- 3x Moorish Idol (2,142 gil)
- 1x Saltwater Aquarium (3,720 gil)